Im gonna be honest. I wasnt a fan of AWOLF at first. I heard the battles and all that freestyle hype. I heard a couple mix tape tracks of his and some older shit on Kazzaa. But nothing moved me to much outside of the given, Dope Emcee. But I have been doing online promo for him for about a month now and finally got a chance to listen to his project. It can only be described as a breath of fresh air. In the age of whose selling what, how much money is around your neck and how many bitches are on ur arm he manages to step outside the box for a minute. Lyrically untouched. Its My personal opinion and he will tell u different. He doesnt think he is the best at all. He isnt looking to be the best. He just loves the music. I think some of these artists are lacking a genuine love for Hip Hop. The microphone in 2004 are like transformers in 86. Everybody wants one for christmas. Everybody wants to rap. But nobody has shit to say. Personally I am proud of how far the bay has come. We dont need major deals. We have already succeeded in the sound of music. We have come along way since THE EARLY 90'S and most of our growth has come in the passed year and a half. But we do need to realize that at one time we had a sound of our own. Now we have a sound that has been created by radio. A mainstream sound yes, but a unique sound? Only in some cases. I see these threads asking what the hottest album of 04 is. And its a couple albums from being over. Turf Talk just released today. Frontline in Oct. AWOLF in November. These 3 albums alone will definately shit on everything to date. Arent u cats tired of buying an album because of the single. Then finding out that every track sounds like they remixed the single (Keak da Sneak) Thats all we have come to see here. Concepts lacked and Lyrics missing. You dont have to be a spaced out emcee to be hip hop. Or a street cat to be hip hop. All points can be gotten across creatively and not just by shaking ur ass and watching urself. The production in the bay has been stepped up. Lyrics are the same. But i know of 3 albums coming that are about to make everybody step up there GAME!
I gave nothing but love to bay area hip hop. Because I gave an opinion on one particualr artist shouldnt upset anyone. I have my bay fav's (Quinn, Jacka,Lock,Zman etc.) Ya'll have yours to. So next time, stop and take a deep breath first before you respond in such an ignorant way.